10 pound Parrott Rifle LIVE FIRE!

Day at the range with Battery I as we live fire 2 - 10 pound Parrot Riffle.

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Type: Rifled gun
Rarity: Common
Years of Manufacture: Between 1861 and 1865
Tube Composition: Cast Iron, Wrought Iron Breech Band
Bore Diameter: 2.9 inches (Model 1861); 3.0 inches (Model 1863)
Rifling Type (US): 3 grooves, right hand gain twist
Rifling Type (CS): 3 groves right hand twist, or 12 grooves left hand twist
Standard Powder Charge: 1 lb. Black Powder
Projectiles: 10 lb. solid bolt, case, common shell, cannister
Effective Range (at 5°): up to 1,900 yards (1.1 miles)
Projectile Flight Time (at 5°): about 8 seconds
Max Range (at 35°): 5,000 yards (2.8 miles)
Projectile Flight Time (at 35°): about 21 seconds
Tube Length: 78 inches (US); 81 inches (CS)
Tube Weight: 890 lbs. (US); 1,150 lbs. (CS)
Total Weight (Gun & Carriage): 1,800 lbs. (US); 2,060 lbs. (CS)
Carriage Type: No. 1 Field Carriage (900 lbs.), 57" wheels
Horses Required to Pull: 6
No. in North America: approx. 630
Cost in 1862 Dollars: $180 (US); $ 300 (CS)
Cost in 1865 Dollars: $187 (US); $3,000 (CS)
Invented By: Robert Parker Parrott in 1860
US Casting Foundry: West Point Foundry, Cold Springs, NY
CS Casting Foundry: Tredegar Iron Works, Richmond, VA
Special Notes: Easy to Manufacture, Inexpensive, Reliable, and Accurate to Shoot.

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